EP 1672675 A3 20080709 - Apparatus and method for ion production enhancement
Title (en)
Apparatus and method for ion production enhancement
Title (de)
Vorrichtung und Verfahren zur Verbesserung der Ionenerzeugung
Title (fr)
Dispositif et procédé pour l'amélioration de la production d'ions
Publication
Application
Priority
US 1519104 A 20041216
Abstract (en)
[origin: US2005151091A1] The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for use with a mass spectrometer. The ion enhancement system of the present invention is used to direct a heated gas toward ions produced by a matrix based ion source and detected by a detector. The ion enhancement system is interposed between the ion source and the detector. The analyte ions that contact the heated gas are enhanced and an increased number of ions are more easily detected by a detector. The method of the invention comprises producing analyte ions from a matrix based ion source, enhancing the analyte ions with an ion enhancement system and detecting the enhanced analyte ions with a detector.
IPC 8 full level
H01J 49/16 (2006.01); H01J 49/04 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
H01J 49/0477 (2013.01 - EP US); H01J 49/164 (2013.01 - EP US)
Citation (search report)
- [X] US 2003160165 A1 20030828 - TRUCHE JEAN-LUC [US], et al
- [A] US 6515280 B1 20030204 - BAYKUT GOEKHAN [DE]
- [A] US 5412208 A 19950502 - COVEY THOMAS R [CA], et al
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated extension state (EPC)
AL BA HR LV MK YU
DOCDB simple family (publication)
US 2005151091 A1 20050714; EP 1672675 A2 20060621; EP 1672675 A3 20080709
DOCDB simple family (application)
US 1519104 A 20041216; EP 05009726 A 20050503